so currently im just using live 9 and a 49key midi controller by m-audio and my laptop to do productions, im fairly novice, and want to advance further with some new hard ware. i feel like i should be getting an apc40 because im so adjusted to ableton live, but am concerned that i will miss out on the ‘art’ of djing if i take that rout… keeping in mind im primarly concerned about having a good time producing music i enjoy and doing sound design witch i love to do.
some other thoughts that have been bouncing around are…
MPK25- i feel like my creative proccess would flow better having pats and the assignable knobs available, it would also help me learn more real time creativity. its also reasonable portable and i go to LOTS of festivals and always feel the most inspired right afer a see a show but never have any gear with my to play with.
s4- start learning how to actually mix and be able to play shows, knowing how to mix on other equipment if i did have an apc with me for whatever reason. the only downside is im a broke-ish college kid and dont wanna drop thst kinda money.
start buying a mixer and turn table and slowly accumulate a set up
..or maybe im just over thinking this, and should just get something and start jammming out!!
i learned how to mix using VDJ and a keyboard. It was terrible, but then I just bought a mixtrack pro and used serato light or whatever, and THEN i bought an S4 and now I don’t even use an S4, just a mixer and two midi fighters. start out cheap man.
how are you mixing using a mixer and 2 midi fighters? sorry for my ignorance my mid is so one dimensional in the sense that all i do isableton and synth stuff
Have you looked at a xone K2 and a launchpad setup? It is usb powered so you could use it at any festival campground till with a roland Ba-330 without needing power. Well except till your battery dies on your comp X/ but super portable setup
yea but you get 128 buttons across the 3 dedicated pages built into the k2 plus a 4 channel soundcard built into the unit. I know the F1 doesn’t have that. I use mine as a total controller for traktor as a mixer, effect unit along with the lauchpad as a total controller for transport, effects , loops , and hot cues.
nice, i think i may have found the solution.. you mentioned using it with a controller. im assuming apc40 or a lanchpad wouldnt matter, although i guess the launch pad would be easier to travel with, i just think the apc would be a better choice because i could use it for mixing without the k2 and i can assign effect to it… your thoughts?
I like the launchpad for portability reasons because everything fits into one bag with all of my cables and backup cables, but an apc 40 would allow you to have more control since you could have a dedicated mixer allowing you to do almost anything you could think of with the k2: full effect control on seperate pages, and/or a page of super knobs and buttons. It is a very easy controller to map too since it comes with 3 dedicated pages or you could add more to it with modifiers.
I don’t think any of that behringer stuff is out yet because I’ve been patiently waiting for the MM-1 because it can be my dedicated mixer and give me 4 more usb ports for my numark orbit
I also use a launchpad + k2, really good compact setup (sometimes just k2, the thing is that good) and a ridiculous amount of buttons available, i use an external mixer as well when i can so the amount of control on the k2 can map everything.
I know people like nanokontrols but for playing out they’re not that good, tiny little faders, bad buttons and knobs, no feedback.
To start with you could just get the k2, launchpad would be good as it would complement ableton, should you want to perform your own stuff with live.
